I like Redeye can't support the death penalty,simply because god didn't die and leave man in charge of dispensing justice.Troy Davis's murder was a message to poor folk in America,your life is worth nothing to society's rich.

I was surprised, shocked and saddened by the actions of I our government in this case. Don't ask my why, but I thought America was better than the countries we invade spreading Freedom and Democracy, and freeing them from evil dictators who kill their own people.

But then again, this is the country which allowed slavery and fought a Civil War to keep it. So like Reggie said, I shouldn't be surprised.

I am of the few that believe that if a person is convicted of killing another person in an extremely heinous way; then that person needs to be dealt with in an extremely heinous way. But I also believe that the convicted person should be allowed appeals and further investigation into his alleged crime to ensure that the jury got it right. If an independent investigation comes back with the same verdict that the jury did.... then gotta go gotta go. Troy Davis's case is a prime example of how fucked up the system is.

Reggie and Redeye,I was not surprised either. I told my wife that Mr. Davis was a dead man walking. Especially when I heard that it was going to be sent up to be decided by the likes of Clarence Thomas and that Scalia woman.

If all the energy in the protest, twitter and facebook postings, posters and buttons to save Troy Davis had been used collectively as a boycott against corporations headquartered in Georgia, Coca-Cola, Home Depot and Intercontinental Hotels, to name a few, I think Troy Davis life could have been saved. All the begging and drooling at the footsteps of GA government served no purpose to a govt hSllbent on the execution. But threaten the $$$ of a corp would have created more leverage. Someone with power and pull would have made a phone call and stopped this murder.

Words To live By

Character is like a tree and reputation is like its shadow. The shadow is what we think of it; the tree is the real thing.

It matters not what you are thought to be, but what you are.Character is the result of two things: Mental attitude and the way we spend our time.

Things that make you go hmmmm.....

If the #2 pencil is so popular, why is it still #2?Why is the alphabet in that order? Is it because of that song?If I melt dry ice, can I take a bath without getting wet?Crime doesn't pay...does that mean that my job is a crime?How do they get the deer to cross at that yellow road sign?How do you know that honesty is the best policy until you have tried some of the others?How do you throw away a garbage can?How does a thermos know if the drink should be hot or cold?How does the guy who drives the snowplow get to work in the mornings?Do you realize how many holes there could be if people would just take the time to take the dirt out of them?If a word in the dictionary were misspelled, how would we know?

Qoute of the century

I realize that I'm black, but I like to be viewed as a person, and this is everybody's wish.

Michael Jordan

I am America. I am the part you won't recognize. But get used to me. Black, confident.. Some call me cocky. Get used to it. My religion; Not yours. My goals; My own. Get used to me. For I am here to stay.